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Investigating the potential of humour in EFL classrooms: An attitudinal study

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018
Studies on humour have indicated that humour has a lot to offer to both language teachers and learners. Creating a positive classroom environment and lowering affective barriers to language learning are among the several effects of humour.
Talip Gonulal
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Have media texts become more humorous?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
As a research topic, humour has drawn much attention from multiple disciplines including linguistics. Based on Engelthaler & Hills’ (2018) humour scale, this study developed a measure named Humour Index (HMI) to quantify the degree of humour of texts ...
Haoran Zhu, Yueqing Deng
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Humour Processing. The Factors that Play a Role in Understanding Humour

Forum Lingwistyczne, 2019
This article addresses the skills involved in processing humour. Both adults and children enjoy puns, jokes, and riddles and employ humour in interaction with friends.
Sandra Levey, Joseph Agius
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Birds of a Feather Laugh Together: An Investigation of Humour Style Similarity in Married Couples

Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016
The present research investigated the degree of similarity in humour styles between spouses as assessed with the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). Furthermore, self-esteem was investigated as a potential moderator of partner humour style similarity.
Christian Martin Hahn, Lorne John Campbell   +1 more
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Huumor ja/kui vägivald? Folkloristlik-lingvistiline lähenemine

Keel ja Kirjandus
"Humour and/as violence? A folkloristic-linguistic approach". Humour has long been viewed as a subversive phenomenon that points to the incongruities and shortcomings noticed and ridiculed by members of society.
Liisi Laineste, Władysław Chłopicki
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2 Laugh or not 2 love

The European Journal of Humour Research
Views and evaluations of humour are governed by sociocultural assumptions about what humour is, how it works, and where its limits lie. These assumptions are shaped by various forces, including states’ political histories, sociopolitical views and ...
Aleksandar Takovski, Nenad Markovikj
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Laughing with machines

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021
This article will analyse the preconditions of sense of humour for artificial intelligence. Can artificial intelligence have a sense of humour? Is there a difference between human and machine laughter?
Jarno Hietalahti
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Polarised but similar

The European Journal of Humour Research
Conflict divides society by bringing out opposing opinions and social, political and cultural difference. Humour becomes a way to disseminate and comment on opinions as well as to mark divisions in the public sphere.
Liisi Laineste, Anastasiya Fiadotava
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A Linguistic Analysis of The Use of Humour in Adébáyò̩ Fálétí’s Writings

Arbitrer, 2023
This study discussed strategies of humour in Adébáyọ̀ Àkàndé Fálétí’s writings. It interrogates how humour as a universal human interactional phenomenon is used to particularly entertain, checkmate human excesses and chastise societal ills in a ...
Dayo Akanmu, Francis Yede
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Do Dark Humour Users Have Dark Tendencies? Relationships between Dark Humour, the Dark Tetrad, and Online Trolling

Behavioral Sciences
Humour and antisocial behaviour on the internet are under-researched. Online spaces have opened a gateway for new ways to express unrestrained humour (e.g., dark humour) and ways to behave antisocially (e.g., online trolling).
Sophie Voisey, Sonja Heintz
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